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Fruit & Vegetable Shipping Permit

A shipping permit is a document attesting that fruits or vegetables are known to be in compliance with the standards of WSDA fruit and vegetable inspections.
The permit is required for any person shipping, transporting, accepting for shipment, or accepting delivery of any commercial lot of apples, apricots, asparagus, Italian prunes, peaches, pears, or sweet cherries in this state. The exception is apples and pears for processing entering in-state commerce.

By completing the appropriate Request for Inspection form:

The permit cost is included in the hourly inspection fee, currently $65 per hour for regular hours and $97.50 for overtime and holiday hours.
All requirements are listed in the Request for Inspection form.
The decision on issuing your shipping permit is dependent on whether the fruits or vegetables it covers meet applicable grades and standards. For sweet cherries, the decision on your shipping permit also depends on the cherries being free from live Western cherry fruit fly larvae at the time of shipment.
Shipping permits are issued the same day they are requested and inspected to meet the applicable commodity grades and standards.
Shipping permits are valid for the period of time fruits or vegetables are in transit to their destination listed on the permit.
Chapter 15.17 RCW, Standards of grades and packs, and Chapter 16-461 WAC, Inspection requirements for fruits and vegetables.
Yakima Region: (509) 249-6900
Commodity Inspection Division
21 North First Ave. Ste. 226
Yakima, WA 98902

Wenatchee Region: (509) 662-6161
Commodity Inspection Division
270 9th Street NE Ste. 101-A
East Wenatchee, WA 98802